Melissa MartinOkay, something has definitely changed with Twitter’s algorithms. I clicked two ridiculous posts on separate topics (one was a person ranting about the new Harry and Meghan doc), and now I have about a dozen recommended Tweets at the top of my TL from people I don’t follow on the exact same outraged topics
This is annoying because, I mean, we all love a good hate click on a bad Tweet once in awhile, but not if it risks being inundated by more of that same bad opinion for the rest of the day
Kerry Stevenson@Doubleemmartin this is why I use Tweetbot instead of the twitter app. I see only tweets from those I’ve followed, and neither promoted or sponsored tweets appear
LMSounds pretty familiar to me, but perhaps the algorithm kicks in more aggressively from time to time depending on the topic, the timing, and my own habits.
@runsm0oth @Doubleemmartin this sort of thing happens in a lot of systems where your contributions are scanned, but usually it’s for ads
When I think about the bot farms working in coordination with the ads, that’s when I want to know is it one force or many active forces. Are they complimentary or in opposition. Things I think about on the couch 😹
@runsm0oth @krst It’s never been this dramatic for me, at all.
@Doubleemmartin @runsm0oth they’re likely exploring the envelope of possibilities with the algorithm in these early days, and that would generate lots of chaos